School cops should have removed unruly fan

Sunday

Jan 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

On Jan. 3, I attended the Pocono Mountain East/ Stroudsburg high school wrestling match at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School. A loud, belligerent man sitting a few rows behind me on the top bleacher decided to come sit behind me during one of the matches. He then proceeded to lean over my shoulder and scream, "Let's go East" into my ear, only inches away from my ear.

I turned around to look at him but said nothing. He then laughed in my face and said, "You must be from Stroudsburg." He then laughed in my face a second time. I left the gymnasium after this incident to avoid any further harassment.

After returning to the gymnasium, I sat on the bottom bleachers, away from the man, to watch the rest of the matches. A few minutes later, I saw two security guards walk up to talk to the man who had screamed in my ear for a reason unknown. When they came back down, I overheard them conversing with each other about how he was seen chewing tobacco and drinking out of a flask. They stated that they had to remove him from the gymnasium, but since it was only a few matches away from over, decided it would not matter much at this point.

I was very upset that they did not proceed to remove this man from the gymnasium. As stated prior to the match, alcohol and tobacco are not allowed in the gymnasium at any time, and violators would be escorted out of the gymnasium by security.

As an avid wrestling fan, I am very distressed by the actions of the fans and security.